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"Writing
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"Power on
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"How to Write
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"The Speech
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"Soft Words
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"The Year's
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Annual Speechwriters Conference, November, 1992.
"Style: You've
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"Speechwriters
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(with Jerry Tarver) "How to Write Speeches that Motivate,"
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"To P.C.
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"In Pursuit
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"The Power
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"Some Components
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"On Libertarian
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"Creativity
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"Language
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"And Bingo
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"Writing
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"The Visible
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